Adams’ triple was unconventional, he hit the ball to short centerfield and he got to second by the time the centerfielder got to the ball but no one was covering third so he paused but then hustled in and they didnt get to the bag in time.

Baisley supplied the hits for Staten Island. His home run was a shot off the batters eye. Also we almost got drilled in the press box, a line drive foul ball came back and left marks in the wall – pretty fun day in the heat.

huuz

miranda’s splits vs. LHP suck. he’s sporting a 0.421 ops. yuck.

but vs. RHP, he sitting at 1.003, not bad.

…if only the Yanks needed another LH bat.

whozat

Well, they ARE probably about to lose a big one for the season.

I dunno…who’d help the roster more? Hawkins or Miranda? I mean…against righties, I’d much rather have Miranda at DH and Giambi at 1B than Sexson at first with Jason DHing, or Posada at DH with Molina behind the plate.

Jake H

Mike how many more innings do you think McAllister gets? Prospect book had him at 71 innings but that didn’t taken into consideration his innings down in the Dominican.

http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike A.

Well, there’s about 45 games left in Tampa’s season, which means he’ll make ~9 more starts. Say 6 IP per start, so that’ll tack on another 54 IP to his current total of 114 IP, so 168 IP total.

I bet they’ll cap him around 140-150 though, so you’ll see him held to strict 5 inning outings or something like that.

He’s a really big, really strong kid with clean mechanics though, so I think he could handle a little heavier workload.

giselle

i could’ve done tonights AA trenton write up, too, mike.

huuz

de La Rosa is looking good, especially since they made him a starter.

giselle

what’s up with jb cox? his recent numbers are terrible.

http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike A.

Eh, he’s in a little bit of a rut. It happens, I wouldn’t get too worried about it.

Rich

Maybe he is still building up arm strength after the shoulder problem?

Alan

I’m wondering why Ohlendorf is consistently throwing more and more innings/pitches in his AAA starts. Are they trying to stretch him out? I don’t get it at all.

http://www.riveraveblues.com Mike A.

Me neither. Scranton does have 6 starters right now (IPK, Ohlendorf, Aceves, Igawa, McCutchen, Karstens), so maybe they’re going to move him back to the pen soon.

Manimal

Maybe they bump Rasner to the Pen and give Aceves a start.

cult of basebaal

i think another couple of starts like the last one and the “mexican gangsta” will be swapping places with rasner … well, actually, i think anyone who can put together a couple of solid AAA starts will be swapping out with the raz … his window seems to be closed.

Mike R.

Two words. Trade value. This smells like trying to sell his starter potential to other team.

TurnTwo

not a bad proposition. dont the Pirates like Ohlie, allegedly?

RustyJohn

When they sent him down they explicitly said they were making him into a starter again- makes sense- they have plenty of bullpen arms, particularly with Britton and Bruney coming back- is he is 1/2 way decent then maybe they can fetch something for him. The spirit of Randy Johnson will live on with another trade.

If he is able to keep up his velocity throughout the game then maybe it is not such a bad idea to see how he handles being a starting pitcher again.

Alan

Yeah, CJ seemed to have a glowing report on his outing tonight. We’ll see how it works for him. Having two pitches wasn’t getting it done for him as a “long” reliever for us.

whozat

I don’t think he was using the splitty up here. 94 MPH sinker, a splitter and a solid slider could make him into a pretty damn good reliever.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=594331910 Jamal G.

With consistent velocity and command that’s a damn good starter as well. Something to keep an eye on.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=594331910 Jamal G.

Manny just had an adventure in LF, I mean wow.

Manimal

hahahah I was just going to say. Did you see Elsbury Looking for the ball and then realize he was sitting on it and then back off. Classic.

giselle

lol i watched it and i’m still laughing. he took a gratuitous dive to try and make the catch, rolled over the ball, didnt let ellsbury get it, pulled it out of his ass and held onto it, then threw it in. Triple.

Manimal

hahaha me too, definately one of those Manny being Manny moments.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=594331910 Jamal G.

You know guys like Youkilis, Pedroia, Schilling, and Varitek are steaming.

Manimal

Francona didn’t look to happy. But I wasn’t sure if it was Manny or the fact that the score is now 11-3

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=594331910 Jamal G.

Wow, they just showed a shot of Theo Epstein and his reaction was not good. Epstein shook his head and looked away in clear disgust like “This fucking guy…”

Manimal

Could you see them trade him make a 3 way trade that sends Manny somewhere else and they get Bay or Holiday in return? They really aren’t happy and I don’t think Manny is either.